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China's Army Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S.Quicklink submitted by Sheila Samples Permalink |
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 Cyber-attacks could cause global 'catastrophe' by Photo: ALAMY |
An unusually detailed 60-page study, to be released Tuesday by Mandiant, an American computer security firm, tracks for the first time individual members of the most sophisticated of the Chinese hacking groups -- known to many of its victims in the United States as 'Comment Crew' or 'Shanghai Group' -- to the doorstep of the military unit's headquarters. The United States government also has cyberwarriors. Working with Israel, the United States has used malicious software called Stuxnet to disrupt Iran's uranium enrichment program. But government officials insist they operate under strict, if classified, rules that bar using offensive weapons for nonmilitary purposes or stealing corporate data. |
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